Best policy on stem cell vs narrow interest: med researcher

medbstsc

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Please look at Card B9. When making policy recommendations about stem cell research, to what extent do you think the following groups would support what is best for the country as a whole or what serves their own narrow interests? INSTRUCTION: IF ASKED WHAT NARROW INTEREST MEANS: Well, someone might gain financially if a certain policy were adopted or it might advance his or her career A. Medical researchers

Values

[1] what is best for the country
[5] own narrow interests
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for medbstsc.

Counts by year:

year	iap	what is best for the country	2	3	4	own narrow interests	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3582	304	240	188	82	69	42	3	-	4510
2010	1569	136	135	113	43	22	21	5	-	2044
Total	5151	440	375	301	125	91	63	8	0	6554